well-regulated

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English

Adjective

well-regulated (comparative more well-regulated, superlative most well-regulated)

  1. Orderly, properly maintained, and efficiently managed.
    • 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “At the Pit's Mouth”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 52:
      Each well-regulated Indian Cemetery keeps half a dozen graves permanently open for contingencies and incidental wear and tear.